Ice-cream-can attachment.



No. 884,315. PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

L. A. CARROLL.

ICE CREAM CAN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1907.

A YTOR/VE VS center "the can in the tub, thus making it citizen of the United States, residing at LINUS A. CARROLL, OF UNIONVILLE, MISSOURI,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELMER B. CASADY,

OF UNIONVILLE, MISSOURI.

ICE-GREAM-CAN ATTACHIEEN'I.

No. 884,315. Specification of Application filed June 20, 1907.

Letters Patent. Patented April 7, 1908.

Serial No. 379,981.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LINUS A. CARROLL, a

Unionville, in the county of Putnam and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Ice-Cream-Can Attachment, of which the following ,is a s ecification.

This invention as relation to attachments for ice cream cans and the like and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described. I

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment for an ice cream can which is adapted to be a plied to the lower portionthereof and whic is so formed that it will possible to evenly distribute and pack the me around the can. The attachment will also retain the can in a depressed position in the tub even should the ice therein melt and have a tendency to float the can.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a top lan view of a can with the attachment app ied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the attachment, and Fig. 3 is a pers ective viewof the attachment.

T e attachment consists of the metallic non-continuous or interrupted band 1 which is ada ted to surround the can and which is provi ed at two points with the relatively rigid outwardly and upwardly disposed prongs 2, 2. At a point between the said prongs 2, 2 the band 1 is provided with a inged prong 3. The said prong 3 is located substantially diametrically opposite the ends of the band 1. The ends of the said band are outwardlydisposed formin' the substantially parallel lugs 4 one of w ich is provided with an elongated slot 5 and to the other of which is adjustably secured the pin 6. Said pin is screw threaded at one end and may be adjusted longitudinally by means of a nut which engages the thread and bears against the outer side of one of the lever may be swung laterally so that its end portion will lie beyond the ends of the slot 5 and form a securing means for holding the ends of the band 1 toward each other and the band itself in close contact with the side of the can 8. When the band is thus ap lied to the can, the can is slipped into the tuh the ends of the prongs 2 and 3 engage the sides of the tub 9 and properly center the can 8 with relation to the said tub. Thus it is possible to evenly distribute the cracked ice with uniform thickness around-thecan-8 and maintain all parts of the contents thereof at a uniform degree of refrigeration. Furthermore should the ice become melted the can 8 9 and cannot float to the top as the prongs having contact with the tub 9 will prevent its elevation.

Inasmuch as the pron '3 is hinged to the band 1 the said prong wi 1 swing toward the can 8 as the same is being asseddown into the tub 9, but when the said can is down in the tub and is given a slight upward movement the rong 3 will swing out and its pointed end W1 1 enter the inner side of the tub 9. In order to remove the can the hand (or a hooked implement, not shown) is passed down between the side of the can 8 and the tub 9 and the prong 3 is disengaged from the tub 9 and swung against the side of the can 8. When in this position the can may be readily lifted out of the tub.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is A can attachment comprising a fieiaible interrupted band having opposed end portions, one of said end portions having an elongated slot, a pin adjustably attached to the other end portion of the band, a lever having an eccentric end fulcrumed to said pin and adapted to pass through said slot, and prongs mounted upon said band.

In testimony'that If claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LINUS A. CARROLL. 

